Table 1
Summary of some significant results obtained using freeze-dried sperm from different mammalian
species. Since it is impossible to fit all published data in a single table, we tried to select some
representative ones
Species Reference
Storage
temperature (
C)
Storage
duration
Fertilization
(%)
Blastocyst
formation (%)
Live
offspring
(%)
Mouse [20]
F C
N D
N D
N D
4
3 months
100
92
28
25
1 month
98
76
18
[36]
FC
100
86
ND
4
3–4 weeks
84
72
ND
[51]
F C
N D
N D
5 8
4
1.5 years
ND
ND
21
[46]
F C
9 5
5 9
N D
4
3 months
94
21
ND
4
6 months
91
13
ND
[37]
F C
N D
N D
N D
4
1 year
96
ND
65
[52]
F C
N D
N D
N D
4
6 months
98
50
21
[53]
FC
100
ND
39
4
3 years
95
ND
33
[50]
F C
N D
N D
N D
25
3 months
78
ND
28
[54]
F C
9 4
N D
5 8
25
1 year
77
ND
17
Rat
[22]
F C
9 9
2 7
3 5
4
2–6 weeks
94
30
14
[55]
CC
1 year
79
ND
36
4
1 year
70
ND
7
25
1 year
75
ND
0
[56]
F C
9 7
5 0
N D
4
1 year
56
ND
16
[23]
F C
N D
N D
N D
4
5 years
ND
ND
11
Rabbit [25]
F C
9 7
3 0
N D
4
2 years
70
24
0.4
Canine [32]
F C
6 2
N D
N D
À80
C
1 month
92
ND
ND
Bovine [26]
C C
8 2
3 4
N D
4
1–3 months 74
30
ND
[27]
C C
5 4
3 8
N D
4
3 months
58
34
ND
[28]
F C
6 7
2 1
N D
4
1 week
36
1
ND
Ovine
[44]
C C
6 5
2 5
N D
25
1 year
57–61
25–26
ND
(continued)
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